16 Amusing Tweets Perfectly Describing What Is It To Be A Parent

Describing parenthood as a challenge is the understatement of the century. Even the best parents—the kind of parents that unselfishly love their children more than anything that ever has or ever will exist—get terribly frustrated at times.

Kids can also be pretty hilarious at times, though, and their creativity definitely deserves acknowledgement. The funny things they say definitely make the parenting experience worthwhile. Here are fifteen amusing tweets about what it is like to raise a little human.

If you are 11 years old, there is a lot to be concerned about—like video games, upcoming tests, and pop quizzes in school. People who wear fanny packs should be low on a kid’s list of concerns, but this 11-year-old boy is clearly a bit different than the rest of his peers.

It is hard to say exactly why he is concerned. Most people, when they see a fanny pack, just think “tourist”.

Almost everyone loves French fries, so it is hard to go wrong if you write a poem about French fries. I have definitely read worse poems. The spelling isn’t so great, but the poem definitely has heart.

The daughter in this case is entirely correct—trees are not like us. They probably shouldn’t be trusted, either. They just stand there watching us—and making plans. The kid knows what she is talking about.

What does it mean when a dinosaur is wearing a hat? Is there a courting ritual out there involving the drawing of dinosaurs with which most of us are unfamiliar? If drawing a dinosaur wearing a hat means you like another person, does the drawing have to be of a specific type of dinosaur?

People put all sorts of weird things on top of their pizza, including sardines, peas, goat cheese, and apples. It was even possible, at one point, to get pizza topped with reindeer. The idea of a candy corn topping does not sound so strange when you really think about it.

I’m assuming the mother in this case was joking, although I wouldn’t be very surprised if she was completely and totally serious. Babies can be cute—and they can even be a lot of fun under the right circumstances—but no one wants to sit next to a baby on a plane.

One of the major downsides of having a child is the fact your sleep will routinely be interrupted for the next decade or two. Small children do, in general, like getting up early. If you are not a morning person, you will not be happy.

When they get older and become teenagers, they will want to sleep late into the morning, but you will be up at late worrying about them.

Most parents are familiar with the frustration of buying a child a toy only to learn that he or she is far more interested in playing with the box the toy came in. It gets really frustrating when the toy is one of the more expensive toys on the market.

Kevin Barrett is an award-winning reporter currently residing in one of the many suburbs of Philadelphia. In addition to working in journalism, he was worked in higher education and logistics. He is single, but does have a distracting little dog who keeps him from achieving maximum productivity.